Kihniö Comprehensive School
Preschool education
Grades 1-9
Principal 044-7541202
Working and vacation hours in the academic year 2025-2026
Fall semester
Starts Tuesday, August 5, 2025
Saturday School Day 13.9.2025
Ends Friday, December 19, 2025
Spring semester
Starts Wednesday 07.01.2026
Ends Saturday 30.05.2026
Holidays
Autumn break (week 42) 13. - 19.10.2025
Christmas break 22.12.2025 - 05.01.2026
Winter break (week 9) 23.02. - 01.03.2026
Easter holiday 03.04. - 06.04.2026
Holidays
Day off, Monday 15.9.2025
Epiphany, Tuesday 06.01.2026
May Day, Friday 01.05.2026
Ascension Thursday, Thursday 14.5.2026
Day off, Friday 15.5.2026
TET – internships
7th grade individual days at a later date to be announced
8th grade week 41, second week at a later date to be announced in spring 2026
9th grade week 43
Joint application
The joint application for 9th grade in spring 2026 will be held at a later date in February-March.
Events at school in the 2025–2026 academic year
Events can be found and updated in an electronic event calendar distributed to staff, where all events at the comprehensive school are visible to the entire staff.
Parents are informed about various theme days, trips, etc. via Wilma messages. The information is provided by the organizing party, and by the principal for the entire school.
General events that affect everyone are also announced on Wilma's Announcements page.
August
05.08. academic year begins
08.08. Everyday safety skills event
14.08. Flexible preschool and primary education parents' evening
August 15.08th the student council will organize
18.08. evacuation drill
19.08. safety walk - staff
27.08. staff training (veso½)
27.08. parents' evening for the whole school
September
04.09. Declaration of school peace, morning opening in the hall organized by support students
13.09. Saturday school day
Monday 15.09. free
17.09. 7th grade forest day Tuuranneva, Virrat (4H)
September 23-26.09 group days for elementary school-6th grade
September 26.09th Home and School Day
29.09. photography comprehensive school
30.09. photography kindergarten
October
06.-10.10. TET 8th grade (week 41)
week 42 autumn break
20.-24.10. TET 9th grade (week 43)
November
06.11. Beauty and the Beast musical, Art Testers
November 18.11th Joint Application Evening
December
December 4th Christmas, 5th grade organizes for grades 0-4.12th grade
09.12 Date Sedu, 9th grade
09.12. Christmas party
December 16.12th Christmas dinner
December 19.12th The semester ends.
January
07.01. Spring semester begins
February
9.2. Yrityskylä visit Tampere, 6th grade and 9th grade
23.02.-27.02. Winter break
March
April
TET day 7th grade
National exams (Ma, Eng, AI)
May
Art exhibition in the ballroom (whole school)
19.05. - 23.05. TET 8. mon, week 21
Spring trips
30.05. End of the academic year
Enrolling in basic education
In the spring, usually in early May, there is an orientation day at the school, when registration also takes place. If you cannot make it then, you can register at the education office. jenni.vehmasto@edu.kihnio.fi